Closure of bilingual classes : Why this silence from Chesnais-Girard ?

As the language policy fails, the closure of bilingual classes announced by the rectorate is a pure scandal. It raises a significant question. Why this silence from Loig Chesnais-Girard, the primary person responsible for language policy ? It is in the name of Brittany and the Breton people that his voice should resonate. His silence is a sign of the trivialization of our old country, which has become a "region" and is therefore destined to be merely a variable subject to all adjustments. If we have a President, now is the time for him to make himself heard and to do the job !

Closure of bilingual classes : Why this silence from Chesnais-Girard ?

In Cavan, Saint-Rivoal, Carhaix, and likely elsewhere, the academic rector is planning to close a bilingual class. Is the dynamism of bilingual education in Brittany so strong that we can afford to close classes?

The closure of a class in a bilingual education stream disrupts a dynamic and puts it in jeopardy. What is the point of opening classes here and there if others are closing just as many ? Unfortunately, this is the situation of bilingual education in Brittany, as for the first time this year, the number of children enrolled in the Breton-French bilingual stream is declining.

The rector follows a financial logic and does not care about the teaching of our language. It is not his priority. In fact, the opposite logic seems to prevail, as the old prejudices against our language have never left the minds of many teachers.

Brittany remains this eternal variable of adjustment, and class closures in the name of declining demographics will benefit other territories. State thinking still dominates. We have nothing to expect from the rector.

The most serious issue is the deafening silence of the primary person responsible for this linguistic policy, Loig Chesnais-Girard, who must be held accountable before the Bretons.

We know his position : "It is the State that is not doing its job." Yes, but then why does it work in the Basque Country and Corsica but not here ?

How could Brittany exist within the French system if its primary representative remains supremely silent or does not take action to save a Diwan school deprived of premises, like in Bourbriac ?

And what if it is Loig Chesnais-Girard who is not doing his job ?

Loig Chesnais-Girard cannot overlook the fact that he who remains silent consents. He must speak out forcefully to demand the safeguarding of bilingual classes and education in Brittany, without hiding behind the narrow scope of powers assigned to the region. It is in the name of the Breton people that his voice should resonate !

Brittany that does not resist is a Brittany that is dying and becoming trivialized as just another "region." Brittany that remains silent is not the Brittany of the Breton people. This should be reiterated to Loig Chesnais-Girard, who, more than ever, is part of the system, while everything collapses around us, and now is the time to denounce it to chart a different path. I even believe that, through his non-existence, he acts as the best supporter of the system.

We have a choice between the trivialization of Brittany as a "region" under the guise of representatives of the system like Loig Chesnais-Girard or the emancipation of our people, which alone will save our languages.

What path will we take ?

Yvon Ollivier